System for Displaying Results of Purchases/Sales of Share Investment Fund Shares on a Stock Exchange

ABSTRACT

An informational computerized system displays the buy/sell result of the shares of Share Investment Funds at the stock exchange, and includes a processing unit with software connected via cable links with units for text and graphic information display and for data input. The processing unit is equipped with functions for data reception via the input unit and storage of database information, and a function for real time share cost calculation by the software and representation of the digital equivalent cost of this share for each Share Investment Fund on the screen or in a creeping line in the form of the share price index computed as the summated products of the securities quantities forming the property of the fund and their estimated prices plus monetary remainders on the commercial and settlement accounts of the corresponding Share Investment Fund, divided by the shares quantity of this fund.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a 371 of international application numberPCT/RU2005/0003 17, filed on Jun. 8, 2005.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to systems and methods of data computation andprocessing, specially assigned for specific credit and financialoperations by way of stock turnover as a variety of securities.

2. Description of the Related Art

There is a well-known prior art system showing the result of thepurchase/sale of shares performed by the Share Investment Funds(hereinafter referred to as “SIF”) at the stock exchange, that includesa processing unit equipped with corresponding software and connected vialinks with a text and graphic information display unit and an input unit(RU No. 2187149, G06F17/60, published on Aug. 10, 2002).

The deficiency of the prior art system, applied as a transactions toolat the share stock exchange, is the use of the share value computationalgorithm with insufficiently effective information value andreliability. The information concerning the securities quantity formingthe SIF assets is received from the clearing center that is representedby the depository and clearing company. The information concerning themonetary remainders on the commercial accounts is received from theclearinghouse. The data on the prices on the latest transactions isreceived from the commercial servers of the stock exchange.

The information concerning the shares quantity and the remainders on SIFsettlement accounts is prepared by the managing company upon the datagiven from banks where the settlement accounts are open, and from thespecial bailee who takes into account the shares quantity changes at themoment of share purchases or repayments by shareholders. Once a day,before the tenders begin, this information is transmitted to the stockexchange and does not vary within the trading day.

The managing companies may purchase and repay the shares at theshareholders only at the price, computed by way of the followingtechnique of the share cost computation: the initial securities quantityat the beginning of the day is multiplied by the average price after thefinal analysis of the day. Then the total sum of assets is divided bythe shares quantity. As a result the share transactions can be performedvia the managing company only by yesterday's prices that can be quitedifferent from the today's prices.

Today's major constraint that restrains the active exchange trade ofSIFs is a lack of the reliable and timely information on the SIF'sproperty cost per share. Only with such information could theprofessional market participants manage bilateral investment sharequotations, and the investors could perform buy/sell transactions withSIFs at the stock exchange. The structure of the SIF's portfolio andoperation with its assets is restricted information; therefore, todefine what exactly occurs with the share cost in case of the variousstocks quotations' growth or falling is not obviously possible for theother market participants.

It is obvious that the shareholder who buys/sells the shares via themanaging company in the view of the existing normative documents of theregulating authorities can get unreasonable profit or loss in comparisonto the other shareholders as the price is determined by way of theabovementioned technique. This explains the existence of theconsiderable markups during the share purchase and the considerablemarkdowns during the share sell so that the persons possessing theinsider's information on the real share cost could not get unreasonableprofits. Besides, the entire procedure of the shares purchase andrepayment does not give the shareholders an opportunity to performactive operations on shares. Under the existing legislation, themanaging company can define the share repayment price within 3 daysafter reception of the repayment tender and then up to 15 days candetain paying back the tender.

The investment share transactions via the stock exchange canfundamentally increase the public's respect for the investment fundsinstitute. All that is necessary for this purpose is to be able toobtain the property cost per share in real time. If the SIF's propertyonly consists of the exchange financial tools, its cost may always beestimated at the latest transactions prices of the stock exchange. Andsince the shares quantity does not vary within the day, the SIF'sproperty cost per share may be easily calculated.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is destined to solve the technical task ofintroducing the disclosed corresponding algorithm into the displaysystem of the trading results at the stock exchange in order to obtainthe property cost per share in real time.

The achieved technical result shows thereby the increase of theinformative value and data reliability of the trading results as aresult of the displayed representation of the real share cost upon eachtransaction results.

The stated technical result is achieved by the following: in the displaysystem of share buy/sell results of Share Investment Funds at the stockexchange that includes the processing unit equipped with thecorresponding software and connected via cable links with the text andgraphic information display unit and the input unit, the text andgraphic information display unit is designed as a screen or a creepingline; that is, an information, data, or news crawl-type display on thescreen; the processing unit is equipped with functions for datareception via the input unit and storage of database information aboutthe shares quantity of each Share Investment Fund participating in stockexchange tenders, about the remainders on the settlement accounts, aboutthe monetary remainders on the commercial accounts and about thesecurities quantity in the property of each stated fund, and thefunction for real time share cost calculation by the specified softwareand representation of the digital equivalent cost of this share for eachShare Investment Fund on the screen or in a creeping line in the form ofthe share price index computed as the summated products of thesecurities quantities forming the fund's property and their estimatedprices plus monetary remainders on the commercial and settlementaccounts of the corresponding Share Investment Fund, divided by theshares quantity of this fund.

A creeping line is defined herein as any type of display of information,data, or news using a moving, changing, and/or crawling-type display onany portion of a display screen; for example, in a narrow line orrectangular strip or region located, for example, on the bottom of adisplay which simulates or evokes a traditional paper-based printedoutput of a stock ticker.

The specified attributes are essential and are interconnected so thatthe formed steady combination of these essential attributes issufficient to obtain the specified technical result.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention is described in the specific example, which,however, is not the only one possible, but clearly shows an opportunityof achieving the required technical result via the set of the mentionedattributes.

Preferred embodiments of the invention are disclosed hereinbelow withreference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic showing the layout of the display system of sharebuy/sell results of the Share Investment Funds at the stock exchange.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention is related to international application numberPCT/RU2005/0003 17, filed on Jun. 8, 2005, which is incorporated hereinby reference in its entirety.

According to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 1, an informationalcomputerized display system for the display of share buy/sell results ofthe Share Investment Funds at the stock exchange includes the processingunit 1 connected via cable links to the text and graphic informationdisplay unit 2 and the at least one data input unit 3. The text andgraphic information display unit 2 is designed to include and/or displaya screen or a creeping line.

The processing unit 1, the text and graphic information display unit 2,and the data input unit 3 represent well-known components of anycomputerized system.

The processing unit 1 is equipped with corresponding software forimplementing the system and method disclosed herein.

The processing unit 1 is equipped with software and/or computer hardwareto perform a function for storage of database information about theshares quantity of each Share Investment Fund participating in stockexchange tenders, about the remainders on the settlement accounts, aboutthe monetary remainders on the commercial accounts and about thesecurities quantity in the property of each stated fund. The specifiedinformation is keyed in via the data input unit.

The processing unit 1 is also equipped with software and/or hardware toperform a function using the above-mentioned software for share costcalculating in real time mode and showing the digital equivalent sharecost in each Share Investment Fund on the screen or in a creeping linein the form of the share price index computed as the summated productsof the securities quantities forming the find's property and theirestimated prices plus monetary remainders on the commercial andsettlement accounts of the corresponding Share Investment Fund, dividedby the shares quantity of this fund.

The model algorithm of the share cost calculation function is asfollows:

1. Before the tenders start, the stock exchange receives the informationfrom the managing company in the following way:

a) the statements on the shares quantity forming the fund;

b) the statements on the remainders at the SIF's settlement accounts.

These data do not vary within the day. All the changes of the sharesquantity in case of the shares repayment or selling will be executedafter the tenders termination.

2. The stock exchange has the real time information on the securitiesquantity and the monetary remainders on commercial accounts forming thefund's property.

3. The latest transaction price is considered as a calculated pricequalifying the security cost. It within the day, no transactions on thesecurity occurred, the closing price of the previous day is used.

4. The SIP's net asset value (NAV) is calculated as the summatedproducts of the securities quantities forming the fund's property andtheir estimated prices plus monetary remainders on the commercial andsettlement accounts.

5. The SIF's property value per share is calculated as NAV divided bythe shares quantity.

The information is updated in case of fund assets transactions or incase of changes in the latest transaction price of the issuer'ssecurities forming the SIF's investment portfolio This value in the formof the share price index is broadcast at the stock exchange by the sameways as the exchange indices are broadcast.

The share price (cost) index I_(t) at the estimated time is computed asa ratio of the total market cost St of the SIF's net asset at a currenttime to the shares quantity N_(t): I_(t)=S_(t)/N_(t), where$S_{t} = {{\sum\limits_{i = 0}^{N}\quad{P_{i} \cdot Q_{i}}} + M_{b} + M_{r}}$and Q_(i) is the securities quantity of the i^(th) designation belongingto the SIF at the current moment; P_(i) is the price of the i^(th)security for the estimated time; M_(b) is the SIF's monetary remainderon the commercial account in the trading system of the stock exchange;M_(r) is the total SIF's monetary remainders on its settlement accountsupdated by the value of the notes and bills payable; and N is a numberof the securities designations in the SIF's investment portfolio.

If during the current trading session the transactions with the givensecurities were executed, the latest transaction price is considered asP_(i) for the i^(th) security; and if no transactions with the givensecurities were executed during the current trading session, the closingprice of the last day is considered as P_(i) for the i^(th) security.

In recent years, the collective investments market shows a high dynamicof growth, however, the shareholders had an opportunity to receive theinformation on the net asset value and share cost only after the tradingsession termination. The present invention will allow making the sharepricing more transparent, i.e. the share cost indicator will allow theinvestors to trace its dynamics within the trading day and efficientlymake their decisions concerning the shares selling or purchase. Thecomputation of such an indicator will promote the popularization andgrowth of the secondary market liquidity of the given tools.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION

The present invention is industrially applicable for it can be realizedin widely used computerized systems and corresponding software, that canprocess the entered data according to the incorporated algorithmaccording to the formula given in the description.

While the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been shownand described herein, it will be obvious that such embodiment isprovided by way of example only. Numerous variations, changes andsubstitutions will occur to those skilled in the art without departingfrom the invention herein. Accordingly, it is intended that theinvention be limited only by the spirit and scope of the appendedclaims.

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 2. A display system of share buy/sell results of the ShareInvestment Funds at the stock exchange, the display system comprising: atext and graphic information display unit having a screen or a creepingline display; a data input unit; and a processing unit equipped withsoftware and connected via cable links with the text and graphicinformation display unit and the data input unit, with the processingunit being equipped with functions for data reception via the input unitand storage of database information about the shares quantity of eachShare Investment Fund participating in the stock exchange tenders, aboutthe remainders on the settlement accounts, about the monetary remainderson the commercial accounts and about the securities quantity in theproperty of each stated fund, and a function for real time share costcalculation by the specified software and representation of the digitalequivalent cost of this share for each Share Investment Fund on thescreen or in the creeping line in the form of the share price indexcomputed as the summated products of the securities quantities formingthe fund's property and their estimated prices plus monetary remainderson the commercial and settlement accounts of the corresponding ShareInvestment Fund, divided by the shares quantity of this fund.